When grunge broke through in 1991, it marked the official end of the 1980s. Rock bands were already beginning to shift out of glam metal BY 1990, trading makeup and leather for flannel shirts and torn ...

There was no escaping grunge in the 1990s, nor was there any escaping the inevitable road it would lead rock music down. The old guard of rock music that dominated the charts before grunge came along ...

Before grunge music hit in the late 1980s and early 1990s, there were rock bands in and around Seattle that were setting an early foundation. Indeed, before the sludgy rock attitudes of the Pacific ...

When grunge exploded in the early '90s, it left the '80s hair metal scene in the dust — but the best grunge song by these five hair metal bands shows that some groups managed to adapt to the times ...

Michael Christopher is a music journalist, author, and historian who has spent years interviewing artists, covering concerts, and writing about the stories behind the music. His work focuses on rock, ...

The 1990s completely reshaped rock music. Hair metal faded, grunge exploded, alternative rock went mainstream, and new genres like nu metal, rap-rock, and pop-punk emerged. It was a decade when guitar ...

To show how grunge evolved overtime, here are the best albums by 25 big grunge and post-grunge bands. The beginnings of grunge go all the way back to the early 1980s when a group of bands in the ...

Artists generally dislike being labeled in the end. Musical mavericks would prefer that their music be met on its terms rather than lumped in with any passing trend and be free to roam wherever their ...